Gusto — Restaurant in Texas Charter Township

Friendly staff, nice decor, and excellent food! What more could you want?!

Staff:

We were warmly greeted at the door by the host, who asked if we had reservations. We did not, however arrived early enough that we had been taken to a seat immediately. Our server arrived shortly after and did NOT make the crucial mistake of asking if we wanted drinks right away, but did offer the drink menu and some water which arrived with lemon.

The manager also stopped by the table a couple of times and was very friendly. Our server that delivered the food was also extremely personable and knowledgeable of the menu as we had a couple of rounds of food. The server explained it really well and left us without questions.

Decor:

If you had to been to the previous restaurant that was in this location you would be hard-pressed to find any wisp of the old place. Gusto is adorned with vertical Subway tiles, white and blue. speaking of blue, the majority of the decor is in some shade of blue. Very cozy and hip at the same time.

Food:

Gusto is all about sharing your food. The menu mentions small plates however the smallest plate that we received was still plenty of food for the two of us. We got risotto/speck balls and add tomato and burrata cheese salad to start. The risotto balls were tasty, and cooked well. It's kind of hard to mess up tomato and cheese, it tasted fine.

Being a Friday, it was Bistec Friday. We normally limit our meat intake, however, decided to get the porterhouse and rosemary potatoes. The steak was cooked perfectly and arrived sliced next to the bone. Potatoes were cooked well, but did not have very much of a rosemary flavor.

Because this is a BOLD property, we were secretly hoping that the dessert menu would have the wonderful budino. We were wonderfully surprised to see that it was on the menu! However, it was a chocolate version and left us wishing that the BOLD version was on the menu instead. We also got the tiramisu and it was excellent.

Wrap-up:

Gusto is a wonderful addition to the growing Texas corners scene in Kalamazoo County. Food is not inexpensive per say, however, it follows the tried-and-true BOLD formula of excellent staff, excellent food and drink, and pleasant decor.

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Sorry to say we did not have a good experience at Gusto. It was our first time there the food was okay nothing amazing just okay. They do have a limited menu but that is okay for a small restaurant like this. I was expecting amazing food for the price and it was subpar for the price. The service was very weird and not welcoming, like you feel not welcomed unlike the feeling you get from bold which is amazing I know both are owned by the same owner, but it was just very dry service! Lastly the final thing which made it even worse is we ordered a non alcoholic drink for my daughter and it was horrible cost of drink?$8 not a big deal but it tasted like ** so we asked if they would return it. Now I know they do not have to refund and it’s only $8 but any respectable establishments would have done that and instead they did not (on a drink like that their cost is no more than $1 and our bill was upwards $600.00 for five people) so the least they could have done is take that nasty drink off the bill. Sorry to say we might not do gusto...

Mi Gusto Mucho! Ok so my Italiano is much more Spanish than Italian but you get the idea. We’ve been craving authentic Italian since visiting Tuscany in August. We started the trip down memory lane with a Prosecco and Peroni. Next the broccoli small plate! Delisicioso! Then the bistecca ala Florentina with rosemary potatoes! It hit the spot and brought back so many memories of our time in Tuscany! Bottles of wine are 40% off on Thursday so we indulged on a Super Tuscan. We wrapped things up with Budino and cappuccino! Jake, our server, made the night extra special. He was right there when we needed him, made great recommendations and was adept at carrying on a meaningful conversation! Thank you to Mike the bartender at Bold for recommending this place. We will definitely return and bring...